Indirect Procurement Leader - Industrial Goods & Services

Agropur, inc.; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-/

Long-term Disability Insurance

401(k) with 7% company contributions

3 weeks Paid Time Off

Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

Paid parental leave

Advancement Opportunities

Job summary

Agropur, inc. in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking a Manager of Indirect Procurement for Industrial Goods & Services.

This role leads category strategies, strategic sourcing events, and supplier governance across North America to drive cost reduction and value creation. You will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, and Finance to align procurement with operational excellence, digital transformation, and Smart Factory initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field is required.
• 6+ years of experience in strategic sourcing or procurement.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial operations, engineering, maintenance, or industrial services categories.
• Demonstrated success managing complex sourcing projects and supplier negotiations.
• Experience developing category strategies and delivering measurable value creation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies across Industrial Goods & Services categories.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, competitive bidding events, contract negotiations, and supplier selection processes.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate suppliers, standardize specifications, and leverage enterprise buying power across manufacturing sites.
• Establish category roadmaps aligned with operational priorities, risk mitigation strategies, and value creation targets.
• Monitor market conditions, commodity trends, and supplier developments to proactively identify opportunities and risks.
• Support implementation of preferred supplier programs and increase spend under management across all assigned categories.
• Own category performance and act as the single point of accountability for category strategy, supplier governance, and value delivery across North America.
• Establish annual savings, cost avoidance, and value creation targets for assigned categories.
• Develop strategic supplier partnerships focused on cost, quality, innovation, service, and risk management.
• Lead supplier business reviews and performance management processes.
• Establish supplier scorecards and key performance indicators.
• Support supplier development initiatives that improve reliability, service levels, and operational outcomes.
• Drive supplier accountability through contract management, service level agreements, and corrective action processes
• Own the supplier segmentation strategy and determine strategic supplier status across assigned categories
• Lead executive-level supplier escalations involving operational, quality, financial or supply continuity risks.
• Establish executive relationships with key supplier leadership teams to support long-term business objectives.
• Partner with and serve as a trusted advisor to Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, EHS, Quality, and Manufacturing leadership to understand business requirements and develop sourcing strategies.
• Support plant reliability initiatives through strategic management of MRO, spare parts, maintenance services, and technical suppliers.
• Ensure procurement policies, sourcing processes, and governance requirements are consistently applied.
• Lead contract negotiations and maintain commercial agreements that mitigate business risk.
• Develop contingency plans for critical categories and strategic suppliers.
• Support regulatory, food safety, quality, environmental, and workplace safety requirements within assigned categories.
• Identify and mitigate supplier, operational, financial, and supply continuity risks.
• Own category risk management strategies and supplier business continuity plans for critical spend categories.
• Approve exceptions to sourcing strategies, procurement standards, and supplier governance requirements where appropriate.
• Deliver annual cost reduction, value creation, and cost avoidance targets.
• Increase spend under management and contract compliance across assigned categories.
• Develop and monitor category KPIs including: Cost savings, Cost avoidance, Spend under management, Contract compliance, Supplier performance, Supplier rationalization, Risk reduction

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contract negotiations

Cost reduction

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

KPI / scorecards

Project management

Communication

Executive stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field

MBA

Job description

Agropur, inc. in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking a Manager of Indirect Procurement for Industrial Goods & Services.

This role leads category strategies, strategic sourcing events, and supplier governance across North America to drive cost reduction and value creation. You will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, and Finance to align procurement with operational excellence, digital transformation, and Smart Factory initiatives.